Re: LYNX-DEV New code for testing

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Mike Brown wrote:

> >* A "Goto numbered link" feature.  The user nterface could be improved...
> >   Start typing the link number, then add 'g' before hitting enter.
> 
> Uhhh if this means that the normal function of the number keys for
> navigation has been dropped, then I definitely think it should not be in
> the "official" code.  Too many people (myself included) HAVE to use that
> sometimes.

No, of course it doesn't mean that.  It means the following.  Start
typing a number:

|Follow link number: 1

Continue typing number, and put the letter 'g' (or 'G') on the line
after the number:

|Follow link number: 123 g

(The space is not necessary.)
Then hit enter.  Instead of directly following link [123], Lynx will
just "move to" link [123] in the current document.  

If you don't type a letter 'g', the same will happen as always has
happened.  If you type anything else (after the number) that doesn't 
contain a 'g', the same will happen as always, too. :)

It's a rather crude user interface.  Maybe someone wants to improve it :)
(It may make more sense if you are used to RPN calculators...)
A feature like this has been asked for in the past, so now there is
a (maybe ugly) way to do it.

  Klaus

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